Coast Guard Disaster Response

Visuals showcase Coast Guard personnel conducting rescue and recovery operations during Hurricane Katrina, with flooded neighborhoods and rescue boats in action.

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-413-95. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-413-95. Hurricane Katrina

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-125. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-88. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-85. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-93. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-8. Hurricane Katrina

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-70. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-106. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-59. Hurricane Katrina

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Commandant Thomas H. Collins and President George W. Bush Visit - 26-HK-304-4. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-413-63. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-76. Hurricane Katrina

Aftermath - Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - 26-HK-30-8. five SeaArk response boats with Coasties on flooded street, time stamped 2 536 p.m.--DART. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-61. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-174. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard personnel from the Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific Strike teams assist residence of Pine Island, Florida, Oct. 2, 2022. The strike forces transferred people in need to Floridas mainland to seek shelter and resources after Hurricane Ian. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-63. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-82. Hurricane Katrina

SAN DIEGO (July 20, 2022) German and United States Navy Divers participate in a mine exploitation exercise for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-400-38. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Personnel and Civilian Operations - 26-HK-72-51. Coast Guardsmen underway on small boat. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-377-15. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Ike, Sabine Pass, TX, September 14, 2008 Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team, Indiana Task Force 1 go into neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Ike to search for people needing help getting out of the area. Sabine Pass, TX, September 14, 2008--Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team, Indiana Task Force 1 go into neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Ike to search for people needing help getting out of the area.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-53. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-65. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-84. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-20. Hurricane Katrina

Texas National Guard Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) making it's way down a flooded road to search for flood victims. Texas Guardsmen rescue Texans in need from severe flooding in Fort Bend County, Texas, June 2, 2016. Texas Guardsmen supported local first responders during search and rescue operations following severe weather.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-95. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-378-18. Hurricane Katrina

Members of the Louisiana National Guards 2225th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 205th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade, based out of Marrero and Slidell, assemble an Improved Ribbon Bridge in Amelia, La., to transport crew and supplies to build a 12,550-linear-foot levee on Avoca Island in advance of expected river flooding, Jan. 8, 2016.

Coast Guard personnel from the Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific Strike teams staged in Punta Rassa, Florida to assist the people of the Sanibel Island community, who were stranded due to Hurricane Ian on Sept. 30, 2022. The strike forces transferred over 30 people to Floridas mainland to seek shelter and resources.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, August 30, 2005 -- An Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) team from the Texas Task Force consults a map during their search in a flooded neighborhood for the stranded and deceased. Neighborhoods throughout the city are flooded as a result of Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-219. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to a Naval Special Operations Team is assisted while getting in the water during a dive mission as part of exercise UNITAS LXIII in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 12, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-400-62. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen assigned to the 178th Wing in Springfield, Ohio partnered with the Cincinnati Fire Department to demonstrate their water rescue capabilities Sept. 13, 2022 for a visiting delegation of Serbians. The Serbian delegation toured numerous fire departments in the area to learn how to best establish a volunteer firefighter program in their country.

Hurricane Ike, Sabine Pass, TX, September 14, 2008 Staging area for the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue operations that is conducting searches with local, state and federal assets in neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Ike. Sabine Pass, TX, USA, September 14, 2008 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Indiana Task Force 1 conducts searches in neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Ike.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-158. Hurricane Katrina

Operation Zephyr - 26-HK-154-259. Images from Lt. Williams. Hurricane Katrina

Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers attending the Ranger Sapper Assessment Program at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., complete the Combat Water Survival Assessment at Marquette Lake on Oct. 28, 2022. The RSAP is designed to assess whether the Soldiers are prepared to attend the U.S. Army's Ranger or Sapper schools and to further prepare them for the schools. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-390-96. Hurricane Katrina

DN-ST-88-03282. Base: Nav Ordnance Station Indian Head State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aftermath - Displaced Boats - Port Security Unit (PSU) 309 - 26-HK-27-17. CG EMT with civilian on dock--Chris Tramp photo. Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-75. Hurricane Katrina

Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Company A, 2-127 Infantry Regiment test their skills during a Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue training event September 10, on the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. The event familiarized Soldiers with operating combat rubber raiding rafts and tactical swimming techniques. Brig. Gen. Matthew J. Strub, Wisconsins deputy adjutant general for Army, stated that this event, made possible through the support of community partners, is about overcoming adversity and forming a stronger bond as a unit. (Wisconsin National Guard Photo by Staff Sergeant Alice Ripberger)

Wisconsin Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Company A, 2-127 Infantry Regiment test their skills during a Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue training event September 10, on the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. The event familiarized Soldiers with operating combat rubber raiding rafts and tactical swimming techniques. Brig. Gen. Matthew J. Strub, Wisconsins deputy adjutant general for Army, stated that this event, made possible through the support of community partners, is about overcoming adversity and forming a stronger bond as a unit. (Wisconsin National Guard Photo by Staff Sergeant Alice Ripberger)

020709-M-5455N-003. Subject Operation/Series: CAPABILITY EXERCISE Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aids to Navigation Operations - 26-HK-63-42. displaced CG ATON 233514 in marshy area -- ATON ops. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-400-13. Hurricane Katrina

Pararescuemen conduct swiftwater rescue training during exercise Angel Thunder 2013, April 10, 2013 near Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. The pararescuemen are assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 6, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task forces continue search operations into neighborhoods flooded by Hurricane Katrina. The US Coast Guard helped the operations by providing boats. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists from the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron ride back to shore April 5, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The 1st SOSS plans, prepares and executes special operations and security assistance worldwide in support of theater commanders.

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-122-164. Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, August 30, 2005 -- An Urban Search and Rescue Team, Missouri Task Force 1, searches through the flood waters of New Orleans for hurricane victims. New Orleans is being evacuated following the breaks in the levees as a result of hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

In celebration of the 61st Anniversary of 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Soldiers participated in the annual water jump during Reunion Week at Paris Landing State Park, Tn. on Sept. 24, 2022.

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-413-85. Hurricane Katrina

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-178. Priorities 9.14. Hurricane Katrina

A day of unique Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue Training was conducted in the waters of the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. by the Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team this Saturday, September 10. This rigorous day of training was designed to prepare the Soldiers of Company A to answer the call to ait in domestic operations whenever needed. The event is the companys first large-scale home station training with all Soldiers back together after many deployments and state missions over the past few years. (32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman/Released)

England, Kent, Search and Rescue exercise recovering a body from a lake.

DF-ST-89-00422. Base: West Alton State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-400-24. Hurricane Katrina

110510-N-NW961-182OCEANSIDE, Calif. (May 10, 2011) Sailors assigned to port operations of Naval Base San Diego deploy a high-speed oil containment system during the demonstration portion of a three-day triennial San Diego Preparedness for Response Program (PREP) exercise, which is being conducted to improve the effectiveness of the San Diego Area Contingency Plan (ACP). The completion of the PREP exercise satisfies all Oil Pollution Act of 1990 mandates and enhances interagency cooperation and provides a unified directed response to major oil spills.

A Brazilian service member with the Grupamento de Mergulhadores de Comabte, Marinha do Brasil (Brazilian Navy Combat Divers Group), assists Brazilian divers off a Combat Rubber Raid Craft during a multinational dive mission during exercise UNITAS LXIII in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 12, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

060523-N-9543M-002. Base: Hudson River State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070420-G-7070K-004. Country: Gulf Of Mexico

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-122. Hurricane Katrina

A day of unique Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue Training was conducted in the waters of the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. by the Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team this Saturday, September 10. This rigorous day of training was designed to prepare the Soldiers of Company A to answer the call to ait in domestic operations whenever needed. The event is the companys first large-scale home station training with all Soldiers back together after many deployments and state missions over the past few years. (32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman/Released)

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 2, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue teams load a boat back on a truck at the end of the day after going into areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Airmen using the buddy system, hoist themselves across a safety line through the white waters of the Truckee River in California, June 9, 2022. The 144th Medical Detachment participated in Swift Water Rescue Training in partnership with Hawaii and Nevada medical detachments in support of FEMA Region IX.

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-398-147. Hurricane Katrina

A Coast Guard Station Portsmouth reserve boatcrew supports safety efforts with port partners during Norfolk Harborfest, Virginia, June 2022. Reserve force multipliers from Station Portsmouth, Sector Virginia, 5th District, and Atlantic Area command staffed a number of roles through out the weekend events. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin R. Williams

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-377-6. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-397-96. Hurricane Katrina

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) international students from Colombia, participate insertion and extraction techniques on the Pearl River, near the John C. Stennis Space Center, in south Mississippi, November 30, 2022. The eight-week course Patrol Craft Officer Riverine (PCOR) course is designed to provide international students with the specialized training necessary to effectively plan and safely execute patrol craft actions in a riverine environment.NAVSCIATTS trains and educates foreign Special Operations Forces, SOF-like forces and SOF enables across the tactical, operational and strategic spectrums through in-residence and Mobile Training Team Courses of Instruction; and serves as USSOCOMs premier Security Force Assistance training asset. More than 13,000 students from more than 125 Partner Nations have trained with this Naval Special Warfare command since 1963. (U.S. Navy photos by Michael Williams)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - MSO St. Louis Operations - 26-HK-390-11. Hurricane Katrina

A service member leaps blindfolded from the pier at Fort Indiantown Gap's Marquette Lake during the combat water survival test portion of the Ranger and Sapper Assessment Program on April 22, 2022. The service members were challenged with possessing their gear and then swimming to shore. The service members were monitored by the cadre and rescue divers and a rescue boat

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - 26-HK-399-67. Hurricane Katrina

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-432-59. Loading up. Hurricane Katrina

Rotunda, FL (Sept. 29, 2022) Boat teams one and two of FEMA Virginia Task Force 2 deploy to commence search and rescue on Palm Island. (FEMA Photo by Lameen Witter)

Mexico's southern border has recently been plagued by extremely violent crime from Mara Salvatrucha gang members, fleeing anti-gang crachdowns in El Salvador and Honduras.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class James Hanna, Station Port Huron, throws a line to Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Chue, Station Port Huron, while mooring up to Bean Dock in Port Huron, Michigan Aug. 21. Coast Guardsmen were both shoreside and underway during the event to ensure the safety of the public.

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-175. Hurricane Katrina

The Orion test capsule undergoes stationary recovery testing in Norfolk, VA on Aug. 13, 2013. NASA and the U.S Navy led the tests using the USS Arlington...The stationary recovery tests allow the teams to demonstrate and evaluate the recovery processes, the hardware and the test personnel in a controlled environment. ..During the test, the U.S Navy Dive Team checked the capsule for hazards while sailors from the USS Arlington approached the capsule in inflatable boats, and towed it back to the ships flooded well deck. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

220415-N-VS068-1034PACIFIC OCEAN (April 15, 2022) - An Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) with the 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, in the well deck of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) during waterborne training in the Pacific Ocean, April 15. The two-day waterborne training evolution focused on safety and transport capabilities for both the Navy and Marine Corps and is part of a larger training plan to refine tactics and doctrine for amphibious operations. Makin Island is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-137. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - The City - 26-HK-383-63. Hurricane Katrina

PONCHATOULA, La. - M1078 Light Medium Tactical Vehicles return with local residents who requested assistance after power to their homes was shut off to prevent destructive house fires just east of Ponchatoula, La., March 13, 2016.

060908-N-5758H-031. Base: Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Joint Task Force - 26-HK-161-43. Joint Task Force. Hurricane Katrina

Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-433-7. Hurricane Katrina

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-143-43. Hurricane Katrina

060318-N-8772M-002. Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-06508. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 5, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force members and local rescue workers and US Coast Guard, search for residents in neighborhoods impactd by Hurricane Katrina. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

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